funeral of Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1937

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funeral of Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1937

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Post by steve248 » 15 Jul 2011, 13:48

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, as a teenager in 1937 attended the funeral of a family friend in Darmstadt. The photo (thanks to Max History for getting it down to an acceptable size for posting) shows two senior SS officer, one an Oberführer, two if not three senior SA men (one is somewhat hidden) plus many other senior officers of various forces.

Is an identification possible?

Source and copyright holder listed on the photo.
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Re: Funeral of Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt,

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Post by Ruslan M » 15 Jul 2011, 13:57

Hi, Steve!

Looks like August Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen behind Prince Philip.


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Re: Funeral of Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt,

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Post by Andrey » 15 Jul 2011, 14:32

Only version (photo is not good)
SS-Staf. (not SS-Oberführer) in first row might be Christoph Prinz von Hessen.

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Re: funeral of Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt,

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Post by Michael Miller » 16 Jul 2011, 00:13

Here is the photo with caption from an excellent book: Jonathan Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany (Oxford University Press, 2006).

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Post by Michael Miller » 16 Jul 2011, 00:15

... and I think I see "AuWi", in SA uniform w/moustache, in the third row.

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